Inspired by insects
‘Metal Doodler’ Salome Nanayakkara’s focus is on transforming memories in her exhibition of mini-installations now on at the Saskia Fernando Gallery By Shannon Salgadoe A predominantly male-dominated area since it requires welding and tough labour, it’s quite rare to see a woman doing metal sculpting. Art enthusiasts are thus bound to be fascinated by what [...]
Mirror
Google Pixel 7a: The pros and cons
The Google I/O conference revealed a few interesting devices and this week we look at the Pixel 7a By Mahesh De Andrado Perhaps the most awaited, but also slightly confusing announcement was the Google Pixel 7a. Most awaited due to it being the perfect device for those who want to experience their first pixel device, [...]
TV Times
Jayantha travels across the time in search of love
‘Midunu Vishwaya’—‘Frozen Cosmos’ By Susitha Fernando Award winning theatre, teledrama and film director Jayantha Chandrasiri is ready with his newest film ‘Midunu Vishwaya’ (Frozen Cosmos) a story of love between two persons who are living in two different time zones. A tale of time-travel from 1960 to 2020, a yesteryear film star who has reached [...]
Transformers-Rise of the Beasts Animals in Action
The latest of the Transformers series – Transformers Rise of the Beasts directed by Steven Caple Jr. is now being screened in theatres around Colombo. Based on Hasbro’s Transformers Action Figures, the action thriller is produced by Lorenzo di Bonaventura, Tom DeSanto and Don Murphy, Michael Bay, Mark Vahradian and Duncan Henderson. Returning to the [...]
Theatre festival with three evergreen plays
A festival of theatre with three ever popular stage dramas including Ediriweera Sarachchandra’s ‘Maname’ and ‘Sinhabahu’ and Simon Navagaththegama’s satirical play on political power ‘Suba saha Yasa’ will go on the board at 3.30 pm and 7 pm from June 16 to 18 at the Lionel Wendt theatre, Colombo. The festival will kick off with [...]
Sri Lankan icon Alston Koch raises the flag yet again on WED
By Sanath Weerasuriya World Environment Day (WED) is celebrated annually on 5th June and encourages awareness and action for the protection of the environment. This year the focus is on the use of plastic that is contaminating this planet Earth, we call home. But almost seven years ago a Sri Lankan born music icon introduced [...]
French Spring Festival is back again
The most-awaited cultural festival in Sri Lanka, which connects people and cultures across the globe, is happening once again, after the long pause since 2019. The French Spring Festival will be held from June 24 to July 13. It will be the 11th edition of the popular festival organised by the Embassy of France in [...]